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J. J. MAHAN & J. P. MORAN.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED HAB- 10, 190B.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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Jamea UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1m J. NARA-HAND JOHN -F. MORAN, OF JERSEY C1TY,-NEWJEBSEY.

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Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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son an State New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 111 Toys, of which the following is a specification.

'1 he present invention relates in general to amusement devices and more particularly to a novel form of toy embodying novel means for causing a car to travel up and down upon an inclined track.

'lhe object of the invention is to design a toy of this character whichis of inexpensive construction and comprises few and urable parts well adapted to withstand the rou h us e to which such devices are ordinari y sub ected.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to'be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

F i re 1 is a side e evationof a to embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an en arged side elevation of the upper portion of the same, portions being shown in section. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the track. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the lower portion of the track, the car being shown in osition when dumping'and parts being bro en away and shown in section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0% thedrawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the track which is dis osed in an inclined position and is sup ortei b means of a horizontal base2 located undert 0 track, and a vertical standard 3 enga ing'theuppcr end of the track. A stop 4 1s ocated at the lower end of the track and projects upwardly above the same so as to engage a car and prevent the same from runnin off the track. These members are prefera ly constructed of sheet material as shown upon the drawing, the longitudinal edges of the track and base being extended laterally to form stiffening ribs and lon itudinal grooves 5 being formed in the trac to receive the wheels of the car. A receptacle 6 is disposed at the lower and of the track adjacent the sto 4 and in the present instance is provided wit a hook 7 adapted to engage the upper edge of the stop. it will also be observed that the receptacle is formed with a lip 8 which overhan s the track.

'1 e car itself comprises a frame 9 havin the wheels 10 mounted thereon, the sai wheels being designed to travel along the grooves 5 formed in the track 1. Specifically describing the frame 9 it will be observed that the same is formed with a. horizontal portion 9 and an inclined portion 9", the latter being designed to engage the overhanging lip 8 of the receptacle when the car is at the limit of its downward movement. Pivotally mounted upon the frame 9 is the car body 11 which normally rests upon the horizontal portion 9 of the frame and is designed to be tilted into a dumping position so as to dischar e its contents into the receptacle when t e car reaches the lower end of the track. One end of the car body is inclined forwardly as indicated at 11 and is desi nod to extend over the overhanging lip 8 o the rece tacle when the car has moved downwar ly into engagement with the stop 4, the momentum of t 0 car causing the car bod to be tilted into a dumping position. Wlien the car is again moved upwardly however the lip 8 cooperates with the inclined end 11' of the car body to again tilt the said car body into an n right position upon the horizontal portion 0 the car frame 9.

A cable 12 is secured to the upper end of the car and passes over a pulley 13 at the upper end of the track, the said cable having an o eratlve connection with a weight 14 whic is of sufficient mass to overcome the tendency of the car to move down the track and draw the same toward the upper end of the track when the car is empty. In the present instance the cable 12 passes around a pulley 15 carried by the weight and has the extremit thereof secured to thetrack. It will also he porting the upper end of the track is formed with side flanges which inclose the weight and shield the same from view.

Mounted upon a support 16 and disposed over the upper end of the track is a hop r 17, the sin hopper being adapted to ischarge the contents thereof through a spout 18. 'I he lower end of this spout is cut oil 'at observed that the standard 3 sup an an 1e and a W closure 19 coo erates W ltll the end o f t h spout to control the discharge therethro1 h. An arm 20 rigid with the swinging c osrre projects down- 6 wardly into the path of the car and has the end thereof extended laterally and provided at its extremity with a weight 21, the said weight tendingl to normally swing the closure ainst t e end of the s out so as. to 10 shLt o the discharge from the opper.

In the operation of the device a uantity of sand or similar material is placed within the hopper l7 and when the car is drawn to the limit of its upward movement by means of the weight 14, the car body en ages the arm projecting downwardly From the closure 19 and swings the latter so as to omit the sand within the hopper being discharged into the car body. As soon as a 20 suflicient quantity of sand has entered the car body to overcome the action of the weight 14 the car moves down the inclined track and the weight 21 swings the closure 19 over the mouth of the spout 18 so as to When the car reaches the lower end of the track the car body 11 is tilted as previously described so as to dump the contents thereof into the receptacle 16. The weight14 then operates to again draw the car up the inc med track, the. lip 8 of the receptacle coo 'erating with the inclined end 11 of the can pdy to tilt the car body into an upright position as it is drawn away from the rece .tacle. When the car again reaches t e upper end of the track the closure 19 is again swung away from the mouth of the spout and sand discharged into the car body as in the previous instance, this 0 oration being repeateduntil the sand wi 'n the hosper has been exhausted.

. wing to the fact that the weight 21 bears against the car there would be a tendency for the car to start upon its downward movement before a sufficient had been discha counterbalance t this diificulty sli ht promotions 22 are provlded in the tree a jacent the upper end 60 thereof, the said PIOJGCtlODB engaging the rear wheels of the car when the latter member is in position to'receive sand from the hop r. hese elevated portions of the t are just suflicient to counteract the 65 eifect of the weight 2-1 of the closure 19 and prevent the weight from startingfthe car prematurely upon its downward travel. 4

. e I have described the device as operated by sand it will be obvious that any d therem to completely 00 analogous material such as fine shot or the like might be used without departing from the s i rit of the invention and the term sand I! intended to include w such material which mi t be substitu therefor. It may abo mentionedth'at owing to the shut oil further discharge therethrough.

quantity of sand weight. To overcome receptacle 6 bei removable the sand aocumulating therein can be readily returned to the hop er.

Havi t us described the invention, what is claims as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclined track, a car mounted to travel upon the track, and means for causi the car to ascend the track, said car being ormed with a tilting body, means at the upper end of the track actuated by the car for automatically loadi the car to cause the same to descend an a receptacle at the lower end of the traclr in position to be struck by the car to tilt the same and into which the contents of the car are discharged by the tilting of the body thereof, the said receptacle being formed to be struck by the body of the tilted car to a ain move the same into normal position as the car ascends.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclined track, a car mounted to travel upon the track, means for causing the car to ascend the track, the said carbeing formed with a tilting body, means at the upper end of the track for automatically loading the car, and means at the lower en of the track for automatically tiltin the car body to unload the same.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclined track a car mounted to travel upon the track, a hop er at the upper end of the track, a closure or the hopper a swinging arm connected to the closure and proljecting intothe 5gb of the car and normal y operating by force of gravity to hold the closure in a closed position, and means for preventing the swinging arm from premature y starting the car down the track.

4. In a device of the character described, the. combination of an inclined track, a car mounted to travel upon the track, means for causing the car to ascend the track, the said car comprising a til-ting body formed'with an 11 inclined en'd, means at the u per end of the track for automatically loa ing the car to cause the same to descend, and a receptacle at the lower end of the track into which the .car automatically discha es its load, the said receptacle being formed with a lip ada'gted-to cogperate with the inclined on of scar bo y to move the same into an upright tion as the car ascends the track.

' 5. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclined track, a car mounted to travel upon the track means for causing the car to ascend the traclr, a hopper at the upper end of the track, a swl closure for the hop er, a wei hted arm r lg1 1 with the swinging c osure and pro ectmg into the path of t e car whereby the closure is o ened when the car reaches the upper end oi the track, means for preventing the weighted arm from prematurely starting the J car upon the track, and means for dumping the car at the lower end of the track.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclined track, a car mounted to travel upon the track means for causing the car to ascend the tree a hop er at the upper end of the track, a closure or the hopper, a swinging arm connected to the closure and proiecti into the ath of the car and normal y ho ding the c osure in a closed position, the car engaging the swinging arm to 0 en the closure when it reaches the upper en of the track, a projection upon the track for preventing the swin ing arm [5 starting the car prematurely down t e track, and means at the lower end of the track for dumping the car.

7. In a device of the character described, 'the combination of an inclined track, a car mounted to travel upon the inclined track, means for causing the car to ascend the track, a hopper at the upper end of the track, a spout leading from the hopper and having the end thereof cut off at an angle, a swinging closure cooperating with the said end of the spout for controlling the dischar e from the hopper, an arm rigid with e swinging closure and projecting into the path of the car, the said arm 0 crating b the force of gravity to normally old the c osure in a closed position and being engaged by the car to open the closure when the car reaches the upper end of the track, means for preventing the swinging arm starting the car srematurelz down the track, and means for umping t e car at the lower end of the track.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclined track, a stop at the lower end of the track, a rece tacle having a detachable connection wit the sto a car mounted to travel upon the track an adapted to discharge its contents into the rece tacle, means for causing the car to ascend t e track, and a hopper at the upper end of the track for automatically loading the car to cause it to descend.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. MAHAN. JOHN F. MORAN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW J. MELLOB, Jmas H. ONEIL.

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